Biology:ACADVL
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Very long-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial (VLCAD) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACADVL gene.
Mutations in the ACADVL are associated with very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. The protein encoded by this gene is targeted to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it catalyzes the first step of the mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway. This acyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase is specific to long-chain and very-long-chain fatty acids. A deficiency in this gene product reduces myocardial fatty acid beta-oxidation and is associated with cardiomyopathy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[1]
Structure
The ACADVL gene contains 20 exons,[2] and is about 5.4 kb long.[3] VLCAD has interesting gene structure in humans, in that is located in a head-to-head structure with the DLG4 gene on Chromosome 17, and that the transcribed regions of these genes overlap. It has been shown that treatment with DEHP results in upregulation by the minimal promoter.[4] While DLG4 and VLCAD share common regulatory elements, they each have separate and distinct tissue-specific elements that confer their function. In mice, these two genes are in a head-to-head orientation, but they do not overlap.[3]
Function
The VLCAD enzyme catalyzes most of fatty acid beta-oxidation by forming a C2-C3 trans-double bond in the fatty acid. VLCAD is specific to very long-chain fatty acids, typically C16-acylCoA and longer.[5] In mice that have VLCAD deficiency, there is little to no protein hyperacetylation in the liver; this implies that the VLCAD protein is also necessary for protein acetylation in this biological system.[6]
Clinical significance
ACADVL is linked with very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD), which has many symptoms, and typically presents as one of three phenotypes. The first is severe, with an early childhood onset and high mortality rate; the most common symptom is this form is cardiomyopathy. The second is a late onset childhood form, with milder symptoms that present most commonly as hypoketotic hypoglycemia. The final form presents in adulthood, and presents as isolated skeletal muscle involvement, rhabdomyolysis, and myoglobinuria, which is triggered by exercise or fasting.[7] The disease is typically diagnosed by first performing tandem mass spectrometry on a blood sample of the patient during a period of stress, and then performing molecular genetic testing for the presence of the ACADVL gene. The deficiency is treated systematically, but certain conditions such as fasting, myocardial irritation, dehydration, and high fat diets are avoided in attempt to prevent secondary complications.[8]
Interactions
ACADVL has been shown to have 75 binary protein-protein interactions including 73 co-complex interactions. ACADVL appears to interact with RPSA and GPHN.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ "acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, very long chain". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/37.
- ↑ "Molecular basis of human mitochondrial very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency causing cardiomyopathy and sudden death in childhood". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92 (23): 10496–500. Nov 1995. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.23.10496. PMID 7479827.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Overlapping gene structure of human VLCAD and DLG4". Gene 305 (2): 161–6. Feb 2003. doi:10.1016/s0378-1119(02)01235-0. PMID 12609736.
- ↑ "Characterization of the bidirectional promoter region between the human genes encoding VLCAD and PSD-95". Genomics 82 (6): 660–8. Dec 2003. doi:10.1016/s0888-7543(03)00211-8. PMID 14611808.
- ↑ "Purification of human very-long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase and characterization of its deficiency in seven patients". The Journal of Clinical Investigation 95 (6): 2465–73. Jun 1995. doi:10.1172/JCI117947. PMID 7769092.
- ↑ "Mitochondrial protein acetylation is driven by acetyl-CoA from fatty acid oxidation". Human Molecular Genetics 23 (13): 3513–22. Jul 2014. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddu059. PMID 24516071.
- ↑ "Clear correlation of genotype with disease phenotype in very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency". American Journal of Human Genetics 64 (2): 479–94. Feb 1999. doi:10.1086/302261. PMID 9973285.
- ↑ Leslie, N. D.; Valencia, C. A.; Strauss, A. W.; Zhang, K.; Adam, M. P.; Ardinger, H. H.; Pagon, R. A.; Wallace, S. E. et al. (1993). Very Long-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme a Dehydrogenase Deficiency. PMID 20301763.
- ↑ "75 binary interactions found for search term ACADVL". IntAct Molecular Interaction Database. EMBL-EBI. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/interactions?conversationContext=3&query=ACADVL.
Further reading
- "The effect of fasting, long-chain triglyceride load and carnitine load on plasma long-chain acylcarnitine levels in mitochondrial very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency". Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 21 (4): 391–9. June 1998. doi:10.1023/A:1005354624735. PMID 9700596.
External links
- GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
- Human ACADVL genome location and ACADVL gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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